When the Western World falls and painters can no longer buy their supplies, we must source it ourselves.
This is where kitschmen become preppers,
this is where boys become men,
and goats become canvas.

Tools:
Small axe
Knife
Chisel
Saw
Sandpaper
A pot

Materials:
Goat skin
Rope
Leather strips
Hazel branches
Copper tacks
Alder cones

Chapter Marks:

00:31 STEP I: Wet scrape

03:39 STEP II: Making holes for stretching

04:34 STEP III: Stretching to dry

07:02 STEP IV: Dry scrape

09:08 STEP V: Harvesting alder cones & making a tannin brew

10:30 STEP VI: The tannin rub

16:18 STEP VII: Harvesting wood for the frame

20:27 STEP VIII: Cutting the hide

22:21 STEP IX: Stretching the hide onto the frame
28:01 IN THE STUDIO: Restretching and sizing?
30:58 Does the colour of the hide last?
32:03 Making egg tempera colours
41:15 How the paint behaves on the canvas

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